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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lomax threaten to fire after finding out about Stoner's affair?
(a) Stoner.
(b) Both Katherine and Stoner.
(c) No one.
(d) Katherine.

2. What kind of seminar does Stoner allow a student to take in Chapter IX?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Petrarch.
(c) Renaissance literature.
(d) The Sonnet.

3. Who is described as a cripple in the book?
(a) Hollis Lomax.
(b) Charles Walker.
(c) Grace Stoner.
(d) Katherine Driscoll.

4. What does Lomax claim was the reason that Stoner was prejudiced against Walker?
(a) Because he was white.
(b) Because he was a man.
(c) Because he was dumb.
(d) Because of his disability.

5. Who questions Stoner about his conduct against Walker in Chapter X?
(a) Ed Frye.
(b) Hollis Lomax.
(c) Archer Sloane.
(d) Gordon Finch.

6. How does Stoner describe his classes after Lomax takes over the English department?
(a) Fulfilling.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Satisfying.
(d) Boring and unfulfilling.

7. How does Lomax react when Stoner refuses to pass Walker?
(a) Happy.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Livid.
(d) Slightly upset.

8. What must Stoner serve on in regards to Charles Walker's oral examination?
(a) His teacher.
(b) His advisor.
(c) His dean.
(d) His examining committee.

9. How does Stoner describe his relationship with Edith after beginning an affair with Katherine?
(a) Livilier.
(b) Much worse.
(c) More abusive.
(d) Friendlier.

10. What does Stoner make with his seminar class when he starts it in Chapter IX?
(a) A sloppy appearance.
(b) A connection.
(c) A dominant appearance.
(d) A bad impression.

11. Who tells Stoner that he should be the one insulted by Charles Walker's presentation in Chapter IX?
(a) Archer.
(b) Katherine.
(c) David.
(d) Hollis.

12. Who aided Lomax in engineering university policies to help Walker?
(a) The dean.
(b) The chancellor.
(c) Gordon Finch.
(d) The president of the university.

13. What does Stoner refuse to let anyone do during his questioning of Walker in his oral examination?
(a) Interrupt.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Talk.
(d) Breathe.

14. Who puzzles over Lomax's devotion to Walker in Chapter X?
(a) Frye and Stoner.
(b) Stoner.
(c) Stoner and Finch.
(d) Katherine and Finch.

15. What does Stoner realize with shock after he begins having out-of-body experiences regularly?
(a) How he has aged.
(b) How unfulfilled he is.
(c) How unhappy he is.
(d) How happy he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lomax respond to Stoner's threats of teaching his classes wrong in Chapter XIV?

2. What does Katherine do after she resigns from the university?

3. How does Lomax say that Stoner has treated Walker after he refuses to pass him?

4. Who does Edith begin using against Stoner after her father's death?

5. What does Stoner say opposed him and Katherine being together and that they were proving wrong?

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